By Taxpayer Foundation of Oregon The most recent population estimates from the Census Bureau show that Portland’s population growth has slowed to the lowest level in years. The Portland metropolitan area—which includes Multnomah, Washington, and Clackamas counties, as well as Clark county in Washington—grew by a little more than 30,000 […]

Oregon pension fund sues the board of Wynn Resorts, which hid sexual predation of founder, for breach of fiduciary duty Oregon State Treasurer Press Release, ​SALEM – State Treasurer Tobias Read and Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum announced a shareholder lawsuit against Nevada gambling mogul Steve Wynn and the board […]

By Josh Lehner, Oregon Office of Economic Analysis A common refrain our office hears is that Oregon’s growth in recent years is unprecedented. Meaning that we’ve never seen population growth like this before. This is usually in the context of the housing market and explaining away our shortage more as […]

Four Masters Fundamentals By Tom Holt The Holt Company Masters Week marks the high holy holidays of golf. But it’s more than a tournament. The Masters showcases paths to excellence at every level. There’s a lot we can learn, beyond the golf, from The Masters. Here are my four Masters […]

By NFIB, The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) commends the Supreme Court of the United States’ decision in Encino Motorcars LLC v. Navarro, which held that the U.S. Department of Labor exceeded its authority under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) when it reversed a longstanding regulatory interpretation relied […]

By Oregon Small Business Association, In recent months, both Google and Facebook have completed or announced continued expansion of their already significant presence in the State. Facebook can be said to have led the current phase of Oregon-based technology growth. It broke ground on it’s first data center in Prineville […]

Oregon’s Job Growth Fifth Fastest Among the States By Oregon Employment Department, Oregon had the fifth fastest job growth among the states from January 2017 to January 2018. Adding 50,600 jobs for a growth rate of 2.7 percent, Oregon’s solid job growth was slower than first ranked Utah (+3.1%) and […]

By Anthony K. Smith Oregon NFIB In 1995, the Oregon Legislature was worried about taxes. Legislators were so worried about runaway tax increases, and the punitive effects of higher taxes on Oregonians, that they passed House Joint Resolution 14, which referred a statewide ballot measure to voters asking them to […]

Attorney General Rosenblum Press Release, Attorney General Rosenblum co-led a bipartisan coalition of 37 state and territory Attorneys General in sending a letter demanding answers from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg about the company’s business practices and privacy protections. Recent news reports indicate the data of at least 50 million Facebook […]

IRS audits at 15 year low. By Taxpayer Foundation of Oregon, For the sixth straight year IRS tax audits have been declining and have set a new 15 low in 2017 according to the Wall Street Journal. The year, 2010 was their peak, and since then they have lost a […]